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Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by MrsERod

It's totally possible. but if that WERE true, that she's trying to capitalize on it, in this fashion, then shame on her. why not do something more PRODUCTIVE?? - like becoming a doctor, saving lives. or dedicating herself to the fight against terrorism. she'd impress me a heck of alot more as a 'fellow' american if she did any of these things....instead she's looking to become a famous reality tv star??? sorry....it makes my stomach turn.

the ONLY thing *I* would be able to associate with this woman is the fact that she's related to the most heinous person to walk the face of the earth. forgive me if i can't see past that fact. jmo


edited for typo




My point exactly. She is not using the name or her notoriety to help victims of the terrorist attacks or stand against terrorism or help anyone but herself. She's using it so she can pose for suggestive pictures and try to become a starChat Icon

Posted 3/10/06 5:49 PM
 
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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by MrsERod

for those who don't see this as a problem...i ask:

did you lose any family members and/or friends on 9/11??

(not looking for an argument, just curious)



Awesome question...Chat Icon

Posted 3/10/06 5:53 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by MrsERod

for those who don't see this as a problem...i ask:

did you lose any family members and/or friends on 9/11??

(not looking for an argument, just curious)


Yes, quite a few

Posted 3/10/06 5:54 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

People dont do what she does. It's reprehensible. You never saw someone with the last name Hitler try to get rich on that - why? Because if that was your last name - you would have changed it faster than the ink could dry on the name change form.

Posted 3/10/06 5:54 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by DebG

Posted by MrsERod

for those who don't see this as a problem...i ask:

did you lose any family members and/or friends on 9/11??

(not looking for an argument, just curious)


Yes, quite a few




since you're the only one who answered...i'll ask you this:

can you HONESTLY say, that it would NOT bother you in the least bit to see this woman become successful (NOT) as a tv personality - knowing that success was only possible because of her name and her relation to bin laden?

Posted 3/10/06 5:57 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by CAJ

Posted by MrsERod

for those who don't see this as a problem...i ask:

did you lose any family members and/or friends on 9/11??

(not looking for an argument, just curious)



Awesome question...Chat Icon



Yes, as a matter of fact I lost several people that day.


Last time I checked this girl was not the mastermind behind that horrible day. It was a relative that she has never even met. I refuse to judge her based solely on her being related to a sinister man.

Posted 3/10/06 6:03 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

I believe this girl was trying to make it into the entertainment industry for many many years, if anything, for the last few years her name has worked against her.
I listened to her sing once on Barbara Walters and htought she had a really good voice, especially since she was put on the spot and made to sing acapella.
I 100% understand the stance against her and this show. I really do.
There is just a part of me that won't completly discredit her because it feels soooo discriminitory to me.

Posted 3/10/06 6:04 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by mrswask

People dont do what she does. It's reprehensible. You never saw someone with the last name Hitler try to get rich on that - why? Because if that was your last name - you would have changed it faster than the ink could dry on the name change form.



From the article....

Dufour has dropped the "Bin Ladin" -- a different spelling of the Arabic name from that used by Osama bin Laden -- and now goes by the name Wafah Dufour.


Posted 3/10/06 6:06 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by heidla

Posted by CAJ

Posted by MrsERod

for those who don't see this as a problem...i ask:

did you lose any family members and/or friends on 9/11??

(not looking for an argument, just curious)



Awesome question...Chat Icon



Yes, as a matter of fact I lost several people that day.


Last time I checked this girl was not the mastermind behind that horrible day. It was a relative that she has never even met. I refuse to judge her based solely on her being related to a sinister man.




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then you're a better woman than me! Chat Icon

like i said in a previous post...if she were to be engaging in something more PRODUCTIVE, then i'd have an easier time NOT passing judgement.

Posted 3/10/06 6:06 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by heidla

Posted by CAJ

Posted by MrsERod

for those who don't see this as a problem...i ask:

did you lose any family members and/or friends on 9/11??

(not looking for an argument, just curious)



Awesome question...Chat Icon



Yes, as a matter of fact I lost several people that day.


Last time I checked this girl was not the mastermind behind that horrible day. It was a relative that she has never even met. I refuse to judge her based solely on her being related to a sinister man.



but honestly...i see what you are saying but this world was effected sooo greatly by that man.

If she wanted nothing to do with him, is outraged herself and just want to be an aspiring musician/actress

WHY use the name to get there?

Seems sickening to me...

AND for using the name to get into the public eye....for that i DO JUDGE HERChat Icon

ETA...even if the "name" was changed...she is still capitalizing on it

Message edited 3/10/2006 6:07:57 PM.

Posted 3/10/06 6:06 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by MrsERod

for those who don't see this as a problem...i ask:

did you lose any family members and/or friends on 9/11??

(not looking for an argument, just curious)



Yes I did.

Posted 3/10/06 6:06 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by DebG

I believe this girl was trying to make it into the entertainment industry for many many years, if anything, for the last few years her name has worked against her.
I listened to her sing once on Barbara Walters and htought she had a really good voice, especially since she was put on the spot and made to sing acapella.
I 100% understand the stance against her and this show. I really do.
There is just a part of me that won't completly discredit her because it feels soooo discriminitory to me.



Thank you. That is exactly my point.

Posted 3/10/06 6:08 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by heidla

Posted by mrswask

People dont do what she does. It's reprehensible. You never saw someone with the last name Hitler try to get rich on that - why? Because if that was your last name - you would have changed it faster than the ink could dry on the name change form.



From the article....

Dufour has dropped the "Bin Ladin" -- a different spelling of the Arabic name from that used by Osama bin Laden -- and now goes by the name Wafah Dufour.






I realize she has dropped it now - but she has certainly used it in the past and made sure that she was known and why she was known before she dropped it.

Posted 3/10/06 6:08 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

NOBODY would give a rats azz if she was just some "aspiring" whatever....

not until that name was brought intot he scenarioChat Icon

Posted 3/10/06 6:08 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by heidla

Posted by DebG

I believe this girl was trying to make it into the entertainment industry for many many years, if anything, for the last few years her name has worked against her.
I listened to her sing once on Barbara Walters and htought she had a really good voice, especially since she was put on the spot and made to sing acapella.
I 100% understand the stance against her and this show. I really do.
There is just a part of me that won't completly discredit her because it feels soooo discriminitory to me.



Thank you. That is exactly my point.



ditto. I can't dicriminate based on her family. Because my family is not the most normal, I would not want my chances to advance myself in this country to diminish because of the stupidity of my brother, and a couple of uncles I have.

Posted 3/10/06 6:10 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by Redhead

NOBODY would give a rats azz if she was just some "aspiring" whatever....

not until that name was brought intot he scenarioChat Icon



But I think people would care if she was a nobody... People just like watching reality tv.
Like the Gadtineau Girls...Who the they?

Posted 3/10/06 6:11 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by Jessica

Posted by Redhead

NOBODY would give a rats azz if she was just some "aspiring" whatever....

not until that name was brought intot he scenarioChat Icon



But I think people would care if she was a nobody... People just like watching reality tv.
Like the Gadtineau Girls...Who the they?




I don't think anyone would care. Why is she different than anyone else? Why should we care?

Posted 3/10/06 6:13 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by Jessica

Posted by Redhead

NOBODY would give a rats azz if she was just some "aspiring" whatever....

not until that name was brought intot he scenarioChat Icon



But I think people would care if she was a nobody... People just like watching reality tv.
Like the Gadtineau Girls...Who the they?


see but the Gastineau girls had the NAME...

do you know how many "aspiring actors/singers" are out there

where is their "reality show" Chat Icon

Posted 3/10/06 6:13 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by Redhead
where is their "reality show" Chat Icon


aren't 90% of reality show people looking for thier fame?

Posted 3/10/06 6:15 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by MrsERod

Posted by heidla

Posted by CAJ

Posted by MrsERod

for those who don't see this as a problem...i ask:

did you lose any family members and/or friends on 9/11??

(not looking for an argument, just curious)



Awesome question...Chat Icon



Yes, as a matter of fact I lost several people that day.


Last time I checked this girl was not the mastermind behind that horrible day. It was a relative that she has never even met. I refuse to judge her based solely on her being related to a sinister man.




Chat Icon

then you're a better woman than me! Chat Icon

like i said in a previous post...if she were to be engaging in something more PRODUCTIVE, then i'd have an easier time NOT passing judgement.




Not a better woman at all. I just sometimes stupidly believe in giving people a chance.Chat Icon

It would be great if she wanted to dedicate herself to something more productive (although, the arts is a noble pursuitChat Icon ). Who knows what she might do if she actually has talent and makes $$$$ from it. She could be the next Bono.

Posted 3/10/06 6:16 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

This is who we have to thank!
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Producer Judith Regan, seen here in February 2006, inked a deal with Wafah Dufour, the would be pop star niece of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, for a reality television show about her attempts to break into the music industry.

Posted 3/10/06 6:17 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by DebG

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where is their "reality show" Chat Icon


aren't 90% of reality show people looking for thier fame?


now..yes.

there are the people, the "has beens" that try to get their celb status back

the people like tha GG or the Hiltons who do it

And the nameles people that use nothing but who they are or their talents

IMO this girl does not fit in the above categories...

Posted 3/10/06 6:17 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

How is her show about breaking into the industry any different than the show "there and back" which is about Ashley Parker Angel's attempts to break back into the world as a solo act?

Posted 3/10/06 6:19 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

WOW THIS IS A SHOCKER:

Regan has produced a group of best sellers from a diverse group of celebrities ranging from Gen. Tommy Franks to controversial baseball slugger Jose Canseco, and is executive producer for the A&E cable series "Growing Up Gotti."

Posted 3/10/06 6:19 PM
 

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Re: Osama bin Laden's niece to star in reality TV!

Posted by DebG

How is her show about breaking into the industry any different than the show "there and back" which is about Ashley Parker Angel's attempts to break back into the world as a solo act?



Ashley...wasn't he a NOBODY when he was on the original show?
Hence putting in the celeb category pre "there and back"

So he is using the boy band reformed thing as well as his prior celebrity ...

Deb...canyou really say this girl and this station is NOT using the Bin Ladin name?

Posted 3/10/06 6:21 PM
 
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